Two Years Ago
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
A sweeping Victorian novel of social conscience, Two Years Ago chronicles the dramatic upheaval brought to a quiet English village by the arrival of a cholera epidemic, weaving together themes of duty, heroism, and moral reform against the backdrop of the Crimean War era. Charles Kingsley constructs a rich ensemble of characters — from a restless, idealistic doctor to a morally compromised poet — whose lives are tested and transformed by crisis, forcing each to confront questions of courage, faith, and personal responsibility. Written with the passionate urgency that defined Kingsley's reformist spirit, the narrative argues that true heroism is not found on distant battlefields alone, but in the unglamorous, daily struggle to serve one's community. The novel balances vivid dramatic tension with Kingsley's characteristic moral didacticism, delivering both a gripping story and a pointed critique of mid-Victorian complacency and self-indulgence. Readers drawn to the rich social tapestry of Dickens or the moral seriousness of George Eliot will find in this work a compelling and underappreciated gem of the Victorian canon.
Author: Charles Kingsley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1111, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
A sweeping Victorian novel of social conscience, Two Years Ago chronicles the dramatic upheaval brought to a quiet English village by the arrival of a cholera epidemic, weaving together themes of duty, heroism, and moral reform against the backdrop of the Crimean War era. Charles Kingsley constructs a rich ensemble of characters — from a restless, idealistic doctor to a morally compromised poet — whose lives are tested and transformed by crisis, forcing each to confront questions of courage, faith, and personal responsibility. Written with the passionate urgency that defined Kingsley's reformist spirit, the narrative argues that true heroism is not found on distant battlefields alone, but in the unglamorous, daily struggle to serve one's community. The novel balances vivid dramatic tension with Kingsley's characteristic moral didacticism, delivering both a gripping story and a pointed critique of mid-Victorian complacency and self-indulgence. Readers drawn to the rich social tapestry of Dickens or the moral seriousness of George Eliot will find in this work a compelling and underappreciated gem of the Victorian canon.